[B-Greek] Double participles

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Sep 3 11:53:29 EDT 2005


On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> Col 2:5 contains
>
> ...ALLA TWi PNEUMATI SUN hUMIN EIMI, CAIRWN KAI BLEPWN
> hUMWN THN TAXIN..
>
> What grammatical principle leads the NIV to translate
> this "I rejoice to see..."? (Converting one ptc to a
> finite verb and the other to an infinitive!!)

That's a translation question rather than a matter of understanding  
the Greek; I think it's simply a matter of more idiomatic English,  
since in the phrasing one can readily discern the linkage between the  
pleasure and the recognition of the fact.


Carl W. Conrad
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